NUS (UK) awarded a prize by UNESCO for their work on education for sustainability

13th October 2016

NUS (UK) have been awarded a prize by UNESCO for their work on education for sustainability, through the Green Impact programme.

Green Impact is celebrating ten years of ESD and behaviour change across students’ unions, universities, colleges, and a huge range off-campus organisations.

NUS was selected as a winner by an international jury from 120 nominations across 64 UNESCO Member States.

In the last ten years over 380 organisations have participated in Green Impact, reaching an incredible 115,000 people.  In the last year alone Green Impact saved participating organisations 1.2 million pounds and 6,923 tonnes of carbon emissions.

Accepting the award in Paris, our LGBT+ officer Melantha Chittenden said:

“The student movement has always been at the forefront of social change.

“To create a just and sustainable future, we now need substantial change in tertiary education.
 
“The vision for our sustainability work is simple: All students, regardless of what they are studying, leave tertiary education equipped and motivated to make society a better place. 

“We dedicate this award to our students’ unions, and all the other participants in Green Impact who have contributed to its success”.

NUS have relaunched their Green Impact programme for the year, and are giving away the prize money among the student movement to continue their sustainability work.

Find out more and get in touch with them for more information.